Senior, Data Scientist

Position Summary

As a Senior Data Scientist at Walmart, you will leverage advanced analytical techniques and programming expertise to develop, validate, and deploy scalable data models that drive strategic business decisions.

What you'll do...

• Identify and source relevant data from multiple business domains, ensuring data quality and suitability for analysis.
• Develop, test, and deploy advanced analytical models using statistical and machine learning techniques to solve complex business problems.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into data-driven solutions aligned with strategic objectives.
• Perform model validation, tuning, and performance assessment to ensure accuracy and scalability in production environments.
• Create clear, insightful data visualizations and presentations to communicate findings and influence decision-making.
• Mentor junior team members on analytical methods, coding best practices, and business context understanding.

About the team

The Content Intelligence team at Walmart - VIZIO specializes in delivering personalized experiences to millions of customers through advanced AI and machine learning models. The team consists of collaborative data scientists and machine learning engineers skilled in statistics, recommendation systems, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence. They focus on designing innovative solutions that enhance customer engagement by providing relevant recommendations. This team values technical expertise, effective communication, and a commitment to continuous improvement, working together to apply cutting-edge methods and tools to solve complex business challenges and drive impactful results.

Minimum Qualifications

• Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 3 years' experience in an analytics related field.
• Option 2: Master’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 1 years' experience in an analytics related field.
• Option 3: 5 years' experience in an analytics or related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Data science, machine learning, optimization models.
• Master’s degree in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Information Technology, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics.
• Successful completion of one or more assessments in Python, Spark, Scala, or R.
• Using open source frameworks (for example, scikit learn, tensorflow, torch).
• We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly.

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $108,000.00 - $216,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include: Stock.

Schedule

This is a full-time, onsite role at our Seattle, WA office. This position is not eligible for remote work.